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VSL's latest release adds some soloists to the Synchron Series, capturing performances by the Synchron Stage Orchestra’s concertmaster, Marina Dimitrova and first chair cellist, Florian Eggner.
Overall Comments: One might say to die for, but perhaps it would be more advisable to stick around and enjoy...
Overall Comments: The Advanced Orchestra set contains the most performance variations of any of the...
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Overall Comments: Dissatisfied (for both budgetary and...
Promising to be their most nuanced string offering to date, EastWest's new library captures a 21-piece chamber ensemble and employs much closer mic positions than their previous offerings.
Put down your bells, books and candles — this a ghost you do want in your machine...
If you're stuck in a creative rut with sample libraries, why not look for inspiration in your own home?
Synchron Duality Strings Sordino again captures ensembles of different sizes performing in two contrasting rooms, but with mutes fitted at the bridges of each instrument.
The latest addition to Kirk Hunter Studio's Kinetic series offers all of the content of the previous Kinetic Woodwinds library, but introduces a range of additional patterns, GUI enhancements and improved CPU performance.
Spitfire Audio have returned to the iconic Abbey Road Studio One, capturing hits, rolls, swirls, and sweeps performed on 20 different drums by virtuoso percussionist Joby Burgess.
Creating the score for Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End required an incredible amount of music technology, and demonstrated why 64-bit computing offers new levels of realism for orchestral sample libraries.
Trilogy is big on bass — its supplied library has 3GB of sounds! Is it sweet and low, or does it plumb new depths? We find out...
NI have taken the technology behind Kontakt, and used it to build a sampler that's all about loops.
In their eagerly-awaited new flagship synth, Roland have harked back to the sampling technology of their respected S-series samplers, as well as adding some contemporary touches to equip it for the 21st century. Gordon Reid assesses past, present and future.
Steinberg's latest software instrument comes complete with 1250 orchestral patches
Steinberg and Wizoo's latest collaboration aims to provide high-quality string sounds at an affordable price, with a software interface to make string arranging so easy that even drummers can manage it. Have they succeeded?
UK sample library distributor Time + Space are offering some stonking deals on many of their brands this month.
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Multi-gigabyte sample libraries offer unprecedented realism and lots of potential for confusion. Redmatica's neat OS X utility allows Emagic EXS24 users to tame their unruly sample collections.
Sampletank was a hit: a sample-based virtual instrument with great sounds and, at the time, not much competition. Two years on, there are plenty of fully-featured software samplers and non-sampling virtual instruments too. Can Sampletank 2 keep up?
Having enjoyed a number of fruitful collaborations in the past, Spitfire Audio and Hans Zimmer have unveiled their...